Weather-strip



(No ModeL) 0. E. WOODBURY & H. W. STOROK.

WEATHER- STRIP.

No. 320,034. Patented June 16-, 1885.

gram M 2140:

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SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 320,034, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed February 4, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ORSON E. WooDBUnY and HENRY XV. SToRcK, of the city of Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have jointly invented a new and useful Improvement in eather-Strips, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to an improved method of operating weathenstrips. Heretofore such weather-strips have been actuated by various methods employing pins, cams, springs, and similar mechanical devices attached to and projecting outfrom the door, sill, or jamb. Such methods are objectionable, because the detached and projecting parts interfere more or less with the proper and convenient use of the doorway and the adjacent space, and, further, because their positions with relation to each other are constantlyliable to change, and thereby interfere with the proper performance of their respective functions.

The object of our invention is to provide a method of actuating weather-strips automatically and uniformly without having recourse to detached pieces, which have to conform to the varying conditions of different doors, jambs, and sills; and, further, to avoid the use of any projecting parts.

The invention consists in the arrangement of a spring-bolt, A, and latch or lever 0 upon a bed-plate, D,which is secured to the bottom back corner of the door or swinging sash in such a position as will bring the outer end of the bolt A into contact with the jamb L of the frame or casing when the door or sash is partially or fully closed, and the lever G into contact with the weather-strip H when the door or sash is open.

In the accompanying drawing,the figure is a perspective of a device embodying .our invention, in which A is the spring-bolt, and B its actuating-spring. G is the lever, pivoted to the bed-plate D at E. Fand G are pins or lugs upon the bolt A, in such a position as to (No model.)

engage and operate the lever O. H is the weather-strip, hinged at its upper edge to the outside of the door I. K is a strip of mo1ding attached to the door and covering the upper edge of the weather-strip H. L is the jamb of the door-frame, and M is the doorsill.

The operation of the device is as follows: Upon opening the door, as shown in the drawing, the spring B forces the bolt A outward, bringing the high into contact with the lever O, and causes the lever to assume the position shown in the drawing, at a right angle to and against the weather-strip H, pushing thclower edge of the same outward and upward above the bottom of the door, where it is held until the door is again nearly closed, when the end of the bolt A, coming into contact with the jamb L, compresses the spring B and brings the lugG into contact with the lever G,swinging it away from the weather-strip H and allowing the same to drop into a proper position to coverand close the crack at the bottom of the door or sash.

Having described the construction and operation of our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination,with a hinged weatherstrip, of an independent pivoted lever operated by a spring-bolt having lugs engaging said lever, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the leverC with the spriug'bolt A, Weatherstrip H, and bed-plate I), substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

O. E. \VOODBURY. HENRY \V. STOROK.

\Vitnesses:

M. S. SPAULDING, S. H. BUTLER. 

